Paris Descartes University

Paris Descartes University, also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Descartes completely merged with Paris Diderot University in 2019 to form a new Paris Cité University.
It was established as a multidisciplinary university "of humanities and health sciences" ("des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Santé". It focused on the areas of medical sciences, biomedical sciences, law, computer science, social sciences, economics and psychology.
Its main campus was in the historic École de Chirurgie in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
History
The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was divided into thirteen universities, managed by a common rectorate, the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, after the student protests of the French May.
Administration
Campus
Descartes University has ten campuses in Paris. Its headquarters are centered on the "Collège de chirurgie", which was built in place of the "Collège de Bourgogne", in the Quartier Latin, on the rue des Écoles. The teaching facilities and the research laboratories are housed in the Saints-Pères university center, as far as the medical school and the social sciences school are concerned. The refurbished Henri-Piéron center contains the school of psychology, whereas the Law school is located in Malakoff. The dentistry school is located in Montrouge.
Admission
The undergraduate program of Paris Descartes is selective, with an acceptance rate of 11%.
Admission to the second year of the university's master programs is selective as well, some of these programs admitting only 1.7% of applicants which can represent 25 students by programs.
International conventions
The University Paris V has signed over 150 conventions with foreign universities across five continents, including Manchester, Warwick, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm or Ghent.
Research
Areas
The university focuses on medical sciences (medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, psychology), biomedical sciences (cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, biomedical physics), social sciences (sociology, anthropology, linguistics, demographics, science of education), mathematics, computer science and law (information technology law, business law, tax law, public law, private law...).
The University Paris Descartes supports a modern approach of social sciences on the basis of fieldwork, participant observation and ethnography (Master's degree in cultural and social anthropology, at the School of humanities and social sciences - Sorbonne). The dual master's degree ("Economics and Psychology" and "Cogmaster") in partnership with other important French academic institutions such as Pantheon-Sorbonne University and the École Normale Supérieure emphasizes opportunities offered as far as research is concerned.
CESAMES
In 1994 Alain Ehrenberg founded and co-directed the research group "Psychotropics, Politics, Society" (Centre de recherche Psychotropes, Santé mentale, Société, aka CESAMES). This is a joint research unit of Paris Descartes and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research), where Ehrenberg is professor of sociology.
Rankings
Paris Descartes was rated by the 2017 QS World University Ranking by Subject:
51–100th in Pharmacy and Pharmacology (1st ex aequo in France),
151–200 in Biological Sciences (4th ex aequo in France),
121 in Medicine (2nd in France),
251–300th in Psychology (2nd in France),
251–300th in Linguistics (3rd ex aequo in France)
It was also rated by the 2016/17 The Times Higher Education Subject Rankings as:
201–250 (4th ex aequo in France) in Medicine,
201–250 (1st in France) in Psychology.
In Law, in 2016/17, it was not ranked among the top 10 of France of Eduniversal rankings.
Notable people
Faculty members
Georges Balandier
Jean-Michel Berthelot
Erwan Dianteill
Erol Gelenbe
Axel Kahn
Michel Kazatchkine
Michel Maffesoli
Hervé Morin
Georges Vigarello
Alumni
Amal Bourquia, Moroccan nephrologist, university professor, medical writer
Olivier Brandicourt, physician and former CEO of Sanofi
Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère, former president of Panthéon-Assas University
Jon Elster, social and political theorist
François Fillon, former French Prime Minister
Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec, founder of the e. laboratory on Human Trace Complex System Unesco
Nadey Hakim, surgeon and Vice President of the Royal Society of Medicine
Keuky Lim, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Khmer Republic
Ramata Ly-Bakayoko, Ivorian Minister of Women, Families, and Children
Sophie Postel-Vinay, French physician and oncology researcher
Élizabeth Teissier, astrologist
Points of interest
Jardin Botanique, Université Paris V
Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière
Gallery
See also
René Descartes
References
External links
University web site
Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Sorbonne
Institut de Psychologie
Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Medical schools in France
1970 establishments in France
2019 disestablishments in France
University of Paris